Tuesday, March 19, 2024

Environment

Riverside development and urban renewal project costing 400,000 euros planned on Spain’s Costa Blanca

THE SEGURA riverside in Orihuela is due to have an urban renewal project costing just over €400,000. Orihuela City Council, through its Department of Services...

How abolition of the old ‘sunshine tax’ started the ‘energy cooperative’ movement for a cheaper greener Spain

BELIEVE it or not, people harnessing the sun’s energy in Spain were taxed until 2018 because they were seen to be depriving energy companies...

RIVER TERROR: Police hunt for monster crocodile after multiple sightings in Spanish river

POLICE have launched a 'croc hunt' for a 1.5 metre-long crocodile spotted in a Spanish river. It comes after terrified locals in the city of...

Spain faces uphill battle to meet new EU emissions goals

Europe aims to reduce its total carbon footprint by 40%

Andalucia gets its first batch of SNOW as temperatures reach -2C

ANDALUCIA has received its first snow of the year. Sierra Nevada ski resort, in Granada, woke up to sheets of white yesterday after a day...

WATCH: Huge ‘shark’ spotted on Costa del Sol beach

THIS is the alleged moment a huge ‘shark’ came close to the shores of a Costa del Sol beach. https://www.facebook.com/lacepaplaya/videos/1848114168586315/ The video was reportedly filmed today...

EU takes Spain to European Court for not stopping pollution of areas like the Mar Menor

SPAIN will have to answer to the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg over not doing enough to combat nitrate pollution in areas like...

Protected chameleons could sink massive shopping centre plan

A colony of chameleons is threatening the development of a huge shopping centre and hotel complex on the Costa del Sol

Dozens of youngsters damage a protected beach in Spain after ‘influencers’ buried €1,000 ‘treasure’ as part of an online...

THE iconic dunes of Maspalomas were left battered and bruised on Saturday after dozens ransacked the area in search for €1,000 cash left by...

Valencia in Spain trials four day week: ‘Promising’ results show benefits for workers and economy

VALENCIA CITY'S four-day working week experiment in April and May has brought positive results over health benefits and extra family time, yet brought caution...

Andalucian entrepreneurs create device that can harvest electricity from plants

Plug into plants and recharge your Apple iPhone from the tree

Greenpeace protest boat in Huelva over toxic waste marshes

Following four years of no action taken, Greenpeace arrives to spread information on the danger of the radioactive waste produced by fertilizer company Feriberia

Machines which pay you to recycle arriving to 100 locations across Spain

MACHINES which pay you to recycle are arriving to 100 locations across Spain.  Before the end of the year, the dozens of vending-like machines will...

BRRR!: SNOW, rain and plummeting temperatures across Spain from FRIDAY

SPAIN'S weather agency AEMET has warned of plummeting temperatures, rain and SNOW.  The bleak outlook is forecast from Friday onwards as a 'mass of very...

WATCH: Cars washed away as floods wreak havoc in Spain’s Andalucia

https://www.facebook.com/francisco.doncelhinojosa/videos/1984755304921485/   THIS is the moment devastating floods can be seen washing away cars in Andalucia. The four-minute clip shows water carrying several vehicles after the Rio...

New storm Sunday threatens further oil spills from stricken bulk carrier shipwreck off Gibraltar coast

THE shipwreck off Gibraltar’s coast is bracing itself for a new storm on Sunday that could further break it up and cause more oil...

Green boost as car industry stalls

Electric car sales in Spain rose by 91 per cent last month

Greenpeace activists continue battle to promote renewable energy

EXCLUSIVE: As the Costa del Sol faces up to fracking, Greenpeace spokesman Julio Barea tells Jacqueline Fanchini why we should embrace renewable energy

SEISMIC SWARM: Spanish volcano experiences ‘over 350’ tremors risking eruption and MONSTER tsunami

LA Palma has hit been shaken by HUNDREDS of earthquakes in the past few days, sparking fresh fears its active volcano is about to...
supermoon spain

When to catch the supermoon in Spain

The full moon is expected to come nearer to Earth than at any time in the last 68 years

WATCH: Smoke bellows from Costa del Sol fire as A-7 motorway shuts down

THIS is the moment a forest fire shut down traffic on the Costa del Sol.  https://twitter.com/juanignaciogc/status/1027546535695998976 The 30-second clips show smoke bellowing from the flames adjacent...

New invasive algae strikes Costa Blanca beaches and waters in Spain

ALICANTE UNIVERSITY marine scientists have logged the first sightings of an invasive type of algae in Costa Blanca waters as well as on beaches. Known...

Two ‘smokers’ arrested as second forest fire on Spain’s Costa del Sol in 24 hours erupts in area...

A YOUNG person and a woman have been arrested over the second Malaga forest fire in 24 hours. The suspects were believed to have been...

Estepona residents kick up a stink over composting waste site

Residents have served the town hall and the Junta de Andalucia with a denuncia for breaching environmental law

Green group blast Andalucian authorities after deadly floods

Ecologists in Action criticised ‘totally uncontrolled’ building work

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